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Daniel Keane

Boris Johnson news: PM apologises for No10 party as he faces calls for his resignation

Boris Johnson has apologised over reports of Downing Street parties during lockdown saying there were “things we simply didn’t get right”.

Now the Prime Minister faces calls to resign from three top Tories - Douglas Ross, MP for Moray, William Wragg MP and former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Baroness Davidson.

The leader of the Conservatives in Scotland said he spoke to Mr Johnson Wednesday afternoon and explained why he was calling for him quit.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister said he was sorry for the No10 party during PMQs.

He said: “I want to apologise. People across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices... I know the anguish they have been through.

“And I know the rage they feel with me and with the Government I lead when they think that in Downing Street itself the rules are not being properly followed.

“I cannot anticipate the rules of current inquiry, I have learned enough to know that there were things we simply did not get right.”

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